Probate, Estates & Wills

MAKING SURE YOUR AFFAIRS ARE IN ORDER

Keeping Your Family Safe After You’re Gone

Michael Birch* can help you get your estate in order, prepare your Will, to ensure that your family isn’t faced with unnecessary legal problems when you are gone. Michael can assist you plan for your future and the future of your family, through:

PREPARING FOR WHEN THE TIME COMES

Michael Birch* will be there to ensure your estate, or your loved one’s estate, is dealt with in accordance with the wishes of the deceased.
Michael Birch* acts for executors and beneficiaries named in Wills, or eligible persons when no will has been left.  He also assists people who have been left out of Wills, or whom adequate provision ought to have been made and has not been made for that person in a Will. Michael Birch* can assist you with:

• Applying for probate or letters of administration
• Attending to the administration of estates
• Dealing with beneficiary disputes
• Ensuring the Will is administered in accordance with the wishes of the testator and the rules of the court.

Michael Birch* can also assist with the legal steps involved in accessing assets of the deceased, including:

• Accessing bank accounts to pay for funeral expenses
• Redeeming term deposits
• Obtaining a payout from superannuation funds
• Transferring assets, including real estate and shares